Adopt-A-Lab Day. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Petco, 9230-B Old Keene Mill Road Burke. Meet Labs of all ages and colors available for adoption and talk to volunteers who can help you choose one for your family. 703-455-2007 or www.lab-rescue.org.

&lt;/b&gt;Author Trevor Owens. 7 p.m. Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, 10209 Main St., Fairfax. Owens will discuss and sign his new book, “Fairfax County,” based on a study and collection of vintage postcards of local landscapes and buildings. Free. 703-385-8414.

Authors Michael Jawer and Esther Sternberg. 7 p.m. at Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Room 116 of the Robinson Center, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Sternberg, author of “Healing Spaces,” is an emotion researcher with the National Institutes of Health. Jawer, author of “The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion,” is an expert on environmental illness. They will address the brain/body basis of feelings about the location one is in. 703-849-9838.

Pulitzer Prize Winner Jane Smiley. 12:30 p.m. in the Ernst Community Cultural Center at the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College. The author of “Private Life” will speak about her writing, and be available to sign books after her presentation. Free and open to the public. talford@nvcc.edu or 703-323-3274.

Slave Trade Memoir. 7 p.m. Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke. Thomas DeWolf is the author of "Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History". Adults. 703-644-7333.

Fall Into Giving breakfast hosted by Our Daily Bread, Inc and the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce to help businesses located throughout Fairfax County become involved in helping struggling families in the community. Fairfax County Board Chairwoman Sharon Bulova (D-At-large) to speak. Admission: $25 gift card to grocery or discount store, to be donated to families in ODB’s Holiday Program. 7-9 a.m. at Rowland Conference Center, Fairfax County Department of Health, 10777 Main St., third floor. RSVP to info@ccfc.org. For information call 703-273-8829 or visit www.our-daily-bread.org.

&lt;b&gt;Friday/Sept. 24

&lt;/b&gt;Wine Tasting to Support Historic Blenheim. 5:30-9 pm. at Historic Blenheim Civil War Interpretive Center, 3610 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax. Historic Fairfax City Inc.’s ''Taste of the Vine,'' with Virginia wines from Old House and Loudoun Valley Vineyards plus hors d’oeuvres. Live music and a silent auction. Proceeds support restoration of Historic Blenheim, a nationally recognized site of the best preserved Civil War inscriptions. Free parking. $50 per person. Reserve at GauthierMary@msn.com or 703-272-7719.

Fairfax High School 75th Anniversary Celebration. 3501 Rebel Run, Fairfax. Homecoming parade at 4:15 p.m., Guided tours of the high school at 5 p.m., Rebel Spirit Tailgate and pre-game activities at 5 p.m., Homecoming game kick-off at 7 p.m., Post-game fireworks and festivities at 9 p.m. and Reception at the Army-Navy Country Club at 9:30 p.m. 703-219-2203.

&lt;b&gt;Saturday/Sept. 25

&lt;/b&gt;Mock Emergency Volunteers Needed. 9-11 a.m. at Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. Volunteer Fairfax, the Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management, and the Fairfax County Health Department will be testing their Volunteer Reception Center (VRC) plans, which assign volunteers to the needs of emergency response and recovery specialists. No prior training is needed and there are no physical limitations prohibiting participation for ages 14 and up. Participants will be asked to provide general feedback and suggestions afterwards. ciluser@fairfaxcounty.gov.

ARTS by George! Benefit with Joel Grey. 8 p.m. at George Mason University Center for the Arts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. With a 20-piece orchestra and music by Kander and Ebb, Irving Berlin, Billy Joel and more. Tickets $30-$60, available at 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.

Bicycle Safety Clinic. 2-3 p.m. at 6400 Nativity Lane Burke. A Fairfax County Policeman and a Registered nurse will speak about the safe way in which to handle a bicycle. For ages 7-11 with adult. Free. gsbikesafety@gmail.com.

&lt;b&gt;Sunday/Sept. 26

&lt;/b&gt;Virginia Chamber Orchestra 40th Anniversary Season Opening Concert. 4 p.m. at Ernst Community Cultural Center, Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. Themes from the British Isles, including "Enoch Arden" by Richard Strauss in the premiere of an arrangement for chamber orchestra by Music Director Emil de Cou. Tickets $10-$15, students free. 703-758-0179.

BlackDiamondSkye, Alice in Chains, Deftones and Mastodon. 7 p.m. at the George Mason University Patriot Center, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Tickets $49.50-$59.50, available at ticketmaster.com. www.livenation.com.

&lt;/b&gt;Visual Voices Lecture Series: Yee-Haw Industries, 32 Flavors of Gravy. 7:30 p.m. George Mason University Harris Theater, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. With Julie Belcher and Kevin Bradley. This series hosts visiting artists and designers who will speak about their work, art and design. Free and open to the public. 703-993-8898.